The Georgia Senate Select Committee on Investigations this week responded to questions about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ timely visit to Washington, D.C., and when she asked the county for millions of dollars in taxpayer funds. , I learned that I may not have been completely candid.
Although the committee does not have the power to remove Willis from office, damning insights gleaned from Wednesday’s testimony could still help derail the Democrat’s career.
simple background
Willis’ year got off to a rocky start when an attorney for one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case filed a motion to disbar her. A Jan. 8 court filing by attorney Ashley Merchant accused Willis of pursuing the case despite a conflict of interest and engaging in other misconduct.
In the months since, Ms. Merchant has proven to be a thorn in the side of Democrats, and Ms. Willis has replaced Mr. has come under intense scrutiny over his relationship with a man (2013) and other potentially compromising choices.
The past two months have been particularly eventful, but it looks like this year could get even worse for Willis.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has not yet decided whether Mr. Willis and Mr. Wade should be disqualified from the Georgia case, which defense attorney Craig Gillen characterized as “systemic misconduct.” But in the meantime, other officials, including members of a state Senate special committee, are investigating possible wrongdoing on Willis’ part.
Merchant testified for more than three hours Wednesday before the Georgia Senate Select Committee on Investigations, insinuating that the Georgia case was compromised not only by those directly involved but also by possible ties to President Biden. Ta.
Timely visit to Washington DC
In his testimony Wednesday, Merchant highlighted White House records showing Willis met with Vice President Kamala Harris on February 28, 2023, months before Trump’s Georgia indictment. .
“My understanding is that who has access to the White House is highly regulated,” Merchant said. “That’s why you have to apply in advance.”
Records suggest that the meeting took place on the “side lawn/tent” of the U.S. Naval Observatory and was by invitation only, with 456 people in attendance.
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Similarly, Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation’s Surveillance Project:
Note White House Records for January.
Asked about her trip to Washington, D.C., during an ethics hearing in Fulton County Superior Court earlier this month, Willis said, “I know I’ve been to Washington, D.C.. I interviewed at Howard University. “I went to Washington, D.C. for that purpose.” “Looks like he went to DC again. Oh! He went to DC for the Global Summit.”
The defense attorney asked Willis, “When you went to Washington, D.C., did you go to the White House?”
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answered under oath“I didn’t go to the White House.”
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Said CNN claimed there was no “secret meeting” between Willis and Harris in February 2023. The spokesperson further suggested that Willis did not even meet Harris at her Black History event and only saw her on stage from a distance.
Blaze News contacted the White House about whether Willis met with Harris on February 28 or otherwise, but did not immediately receive a response.
It remains unclear whether Ms. Willis met personally with Ms. Harris, but it is certain that her lover had close and personal contact with elements of Mr. Biden’s White House before Mr. Trump’s indictment.
Blaze News previously reported that the invoice included in Merchant’s disqualification motion states that Nathan Wade had an eight-hour meeting with “White House Counsel” on May 23, 2022, and in November 2022. The report said there were indications that there was another eight-hour meeting at the White House on the 11th.
Mr. Merchant seems reluctant to explicitly accuse Mr. Willis and Mr. Wade of colluding with the Biden administration to kneel to the Republican front-runner.
money problem
Mr Merchant told the committee what happened to Mr Willis:
begged In 2021, she asked the Fulton County Commission for millions of dollars in aid to combat rising crime and a backlog of homicides due to COVID-19, but ended up spending less on taxpayer funds. A large portion of the money is said to have been spent on Trump’s election lawsuit.
Democratic prosecutors then recruited Mr. Wade in a way that allowed him to escape oversight and earn him higher pay than other, more experienced prosecutors.
Wade, previously a mid-level associate judge in Marietta Municipal Court, reportedly signed a $250-an-hour contract with Willis’ office on November 1, 2021, while serving as a federal and federal judge in Georgia. John Floyd, one of the state’s top racketeers, was contracted on March 10 of that year at a rate of $150 per hour under the Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Ta.
If Wade and Willis went on a luxury vacation together, the extra $100 an hour would more than pay for itself.
The committee’s chairman, Republican state Sen. Bill Cowsert, seemed particularly concerned about Wade’s apparently unusual tendency to submit bills to the prosecutor’s office by the hour rather than by the hour. .
Merchant told lawmakers that Floyd and prosecutor Anna Cross took turns filing itemized bills and that both were paid significantly less than Willis’ girlfriend.
report My TV. Wade reportedly received about $700,000 for his work, while Cross received $100,000 and Floyd received less.
Republican lawmakers are also confused as to why the Democratic DA’s office needed to hire a special counsel in the first place.
“Why not hire more assistant DAs and put them in-house?” Cowsert asked.
Merchant says Willis would have run afoul of nepotism rules if he had hired Wade. Furthermore, as a special prosecutor, Wade stood to earn significantly more than an assistant prosecutor, whose salary is set by law. Assistant prosecutors earn about $175,000 a year, but Mr. Wade earns more than that.
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report A Georgia Senate special committee said it had hinted that there was a whistleblower trying to tip the scales on Willis’ office.
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